Body found in search for missing Scot
Greg Monks was in the Algarve on a stag do when he went missing.
Last updated 4th Jun 2025
A body has been found in the search for a missing Scottish man who disappeared on a stag do in Portugal.
3\8 year old Greg Monks from Cambuslang was last seen in Albufeira in the early hours of Wednesday the 29th May, on the first night of the trip.
A major search for the Cambuslang man had been focusing on an area of rough terrain, more than an hour's walk from the strip where he left his friends to head back to the apartment.
His parents and girlfriend had flown out to Portugal to help search for him.
Portuguese daily newspaper Carriero de Manha is now reporting a body was found in a ravine: "on a vacant and very uneven plot of land in the Cerro de Águia area in Albufeira, far from where he had last been seen."
His sister Jillian wrote on Facebook: "Didn’t think it would end like this..
"We are absolutely devastated! Greg was an amazing boy who everyone thought so highly of, Was friends with everyone and always made us laugh! We will miss him everyday!
"I just want to thank absolutely everyone for everything they done from sharing their posts to out looking, phoning everywhere to get CCTV.
"Special thanks to Sharon Cooke Stacy McGhee Georgie Gould and Karen Winter for helping run the page and all you done for my brother. & to Yolanda Morgana Dan Birch Leonard Faria and Michael Hosey for doing all you could searching sorry if I have missed anyone, heads not 100% but everyone has been truly amazing. The support we have received from everyone has been out of this world
"If love coulda saved you, you would live forever!"
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